http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10202893

http://www.blog.speculist.com/archives/000256.html

"Gates also said advances in programming will allow software developers to create applications in less time by using visual representations of the inner workings of software rather than writing lines of programing code."

1987-Bill Gates predicting the singularity

http://blogs.msdn.com/sprague/archive/2007/06/05/bill-gates-predictions-for-2007.aspx

"technology to be able to build a space elevator by 2010, which could be followed by an actual elevator in 2020"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_engineering - around 2030

"The New Economics of Abundance"

http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0671.html?printable=1

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http://www.melanieswan.com/presentations/future_of_technology_30min.pdf

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http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=3397.php - "Nanotechnology powered programmable matter could create 3-D representations of almost any object" - Carnegie Mellon

http://miriam-english.org/articles/endofmoney.html

Connectomics (computational neuroanatomy)

http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19731/

http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/speakers/kurzweil.php

3D Printer/Laser Cutter

http://www.becausewecan.org/node/216

Ponoko

http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/19678/
http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2007/04/is_home_3d_scan.html

"It’s Official: The U.S. Government is Preparing for the Singularity"

http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2007/03/

Yale on itunes and video online-15+ classes and 40+ later

http://www.yaleherald.com/article-p.php?Article=5817
http://cmi2.yale.edu/cgi-bin/cmi2/news.cgi?group=&year=2007&story=49

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=520457 - Harvard

Internet-Connected Cars-probably 2008/2009

http://tech.msn.com/products/articlecnet.aspx?cp-documentid=5654098>1=10638

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/kramer5.html